Lumumba Jatau
Lumumba Jatau is a Nigerian poet and writer whose work explores faith, conscience, love, and resistance. Rooted in spiritual reflection and social awareness, his writing blends lyrical intensity with moral clarity, using poetry as a voice for peace, justice, and human dignity. Through evocative language and prophetic insight, he challenges oppression while affirming hope, grace, and the enduring power of truth.
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THE ONE WEARING THE SHOES FEELS THE PINCH
THE ONE WEARING THE SHOES FEELS THE PINCH A Poem by GrandMastaPEN Human fingerprints are never the same, So also the tongue in every mouth’s frame. The cerebrum—the sovereign of the brain— Registers every whisper of pleasure and pain. They say everyone carries a story to tell; Mine is the combat of heaven conquering hell. A sage once declared, in wisdom’s tone: “Life is conflict—choices carved in stone. And wrong decisions, when blindly made, Are seeds of peril quietly laid.” Judge...
BURDEN OF THOUGHT
BURDEN OF THOUGHT There are moments I feel replete with emptiness, myMymotions frozen, motionless. Pushed behind the burner— no warmth, only a cold breeze from the corner. The corner between the rainy and dry seasons, where I am stripped of rational reason. I am known not to follow the normal crowd, misunderstood by many because I took my own route. To go where only a few souls dare to reach in time— a place built with rhythm and painted with rhyme. I did not ask for this tormenting gift to...
I CAME WITH A POEM.
I Came With a Poem They came with guns and knives, I came with a poem for mothers and wives. They came with hatred, calling us out for war, I came with a poem, yelling peace for sure. They came with fanaticism, wearing robes of religion, I came with a poem, pointing to God’s divine mission. They came with all kinds of perverted doctrine, I came with a poem that cried out the righteous routine. They came with avarice and contagious greed, I came with a poem that shares with those in need. ...
HERMES TRISMEGISTUS
HERMES TRISMEGISTUS (AFRICAN MYSTIC RHYTHM) Listen— Before the drum was struck, Before the word was spoken, Before the fire learned its name, I was. Call me Thoth—scribe of the Nile, Call me Hermes—feet winged with message and mile, But in the village of the unseen, Names bend, Essence remains. I was born where the river remembers, Where papyrus breathes and stones keep numbers. Ancestors hummed me into existence, While the moon marked time with patient persistence. Thrice-great— Great i...
THE SEVEN LAWS
THE SEVEN LAWS (After The Kybalion) I. Mentalism Before the word, there was a thought, Before the stone, an idea stood. The universe is not built of dust— It is a mind that learned to trust. What you hold within your head It is the soil where worlds are bred. II. Correspondence Look up—see stars arranging fate, Look in—your pulse does the same. What crowns the sky walks in your bones, What rules the throne rules the home. As the heavens, so the clay, As within, so life will play. III. V...
MONEY
MONEY MONEY I am that word the whole world is eager to define, Some think I’m arrogant when I bare my mind. I intoxicate like the finest of wine, Easily lost, yet so hard to find. I’m in different places at the same time, One face, yet wearing multiple designs.
A LOVE POET
A LOVE POET. If I were a poet who talks about love I tell how my heart the commodity you stole, Now under your beck and call like a remote control. If I were a Love poet I write about the sweet melody from the strings of your eyelashes Or the dangling hair flourishing like the tropical bushes. If I were a Love Poet I write how my heart is like a snowflake under the heat melt At a gnawing of the pricking emotions that I felt. If I were a Love poet I say the endless marathon you run through m...
IF YOU MUST
If you must laugh, do it cheerfully The only medicine that is mandatory If you must stand, stand on principle Not fickle loyalty that is whimsical If you must believe, do it unapologetically For Faith is a virtue beheld personally If you must cry, do it heartily It's an emotion with no monopoly If you must speak, do it with sensibility Common sense is not a general ability If you must fight, do it with dignity For you carry God's genetic identity If you must write, do it with dexter...
POETRY OF LIFE
Poetry Of LIFE. Life if personified is it a he or she, Unlocking such a mystery is in how one looks at the Key. Life if a simile is like a palatable food Cooked with a hearty spirit and spices that swing the mood right. Life is a metaphor its the living bread satisfying the soul with slices being fed. Life is a synedoche many a soul should feel uplifted, Far from cajole, the human brain is gifted. Life, as a metonymy is waging war with the afterlife, Survival kit worn inside the mind as it...
QUESTIONS?
WHAT, Moon shines in the backyard of my mind, So bright with intensity daunting the night? Illuminating the graveyard of darkness exposing rueful memories buried alive. WHEN, did the Leopard of character fade from her spotty spot? Aberrating to a Peacock with dyed colours. WHERE, has the memory sojourned to? Endangering the zygote of remembrance to be aborted illegally. WHY, must the twilight of peace take an unwarranted detour? Before it surfaces to highjack the scorching sun of so...
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Hip Hop turns me on
I"'m still fresh like nothing new under the sun wanna be celibate but Hip Hop turns me on
SHACKLED INNOCENCE
I have journeyed this far Sperm cells to zygote Loaded with dreams of life Before the stabbed knife. Days of fetus incubation To emerge an elite fertilization Escaped deeds of contraception Survived bullets of abortion. A beginning. of beginnings A starting of happenings Ending before commencement Struggled hard to get here Only to get this far nowhere Efforts all summoned in vain Innocence shackled in pain. What did I do, To deserve such cruelty? What did I do, To witness endless br...
NOT ONE, NOT TWO
Not one, Not two The sun and its light The ocean and the wave The singer and his song The rain and its wetness The tree and the fruit The air and it's breeze The night and the darkness Not ONE, Not TWO #nirclestories #officialnircle #nirclefeeds #storyteller #mynirclecommunity #nircleblogs #nirclepoetry
THE UNIVERSAL BALM
The glue that mends broken hearts The substance that quenches thirsty souls The light that glimmers in darkness The flame in the fire The liquid in the water The glow in the sunshine I give energy to the weak I give strength to the fragile I give sight to the blind I give utterance to the dumb I give hearing to the deaf My language is universal I speak to plants I speak to animals My touch is infinite My affection Is contagious I am medicine for healing I am the reason behind laughter ...
THROUGH LOVE
Through Love all that is bitter Will be Sweet Through Love all that is copper Will be Gold Through Love all dregs Will become Wine Through Love all pain Will turn to Medicine. #nirclestories #hellonircle #mynirclefeeds #nirclepoetry #mynirclecommunity #officialnircle #nircleblogs
AN ILLUMINED SOUL
Every moment is becoming past Mingling with times and history Bygones be bygones, past is past Words slipping from lips can't come back Deep down in yourself, a feeling of remorse, repulsion, regrets Of acts disapproved and shunned To beginning of a change in you. A new experience fresh breath A new life, a new lease A change of mind, a change of heart. A new discovery for better living A new learning, a new growing An expansion of vision, a new light A glow within, a new consciousness Ev...
O, TRUTH!
O, long-awaited Truth! Descent from heaven above And shower on me thy mercy and thy love My failings have stamped on me their black mark; Please light up my conscience, gloomy and dark. Self-pity has enveloped my whole being And blinded my eyes, preventing me from seeing The path of growth and in others, belief From my shortcomings help me find relief. Whenever my anger roars and thunders It makes me commit all sorts of blunders! It crumbles my will to do good deeds Makes me look smal...
SIMPLICITY
Isn't simplicity Divinity profound? In it is sincerity found. Shinning Truth radiates its glory; Its lustrous light tells its own story. It admits not an iota of lie, It let's not calmness ever die It gives tranquillity it's due, And patience is its main virtue. Profound it is in goodness And quick In Its forgiveness Steady and straight is its path It's thoughts, in purity take a bath. All promises made, it helps up, with knowledge, it fills it's cup Simplicity is humble and modest But...
NEW YEAR
A Phoenix rises from ashes cold A fiery spirit, young and bold She shakes off slumber, stretches wide dance on the winds of time. Her wings, a canvas of promise bright Reflecting hues of dawn's early light She soars on eagle wings, untamed Leaving the shadow of yesterday's flame. With every beat, a new path is made A journey through the uncharted shade The Phoenix sings, a melodic sigh As petals of hope bloom, and the heart gets In this symbolic dance, we're free to roam Embracing t...
YESTERDAY
Yesterday, I thought I was smart until I lost my cool Over a fleeting argument, I acted like a fool Cursing and yelling at the peak of my voice Belligerent in manner and tone like I didn't have any choice. Yesterday, I allowed depression to pitch its tent in my soul The steering wheel of emotions, I couldn't control The fatal accident dented my edgy mood Leaving a chaotic commotion, nothing felt good. Yesterday, I blamed everyone save for myself But the true fault crept up with silent ...
WEIGHT OF WANT
A burden borne, a heart that aches The weight of want, a soul that breaks A yearning deep, a longing true A desire that gnaws, and forever pursues. It presses down, like a physical force A constant reminder, of life's elusive course A nagging voice that whispers low "more, more, more," as the heart does know. In the darkest night, it whispers sweet promises of fulfilment, a future to greet But dawn's cold light, reveals the lie leaving only emptiness, and a hollow sigh. Yet still we ...
Christmas EVE
The night is calm, the Stars shine bright As bells ring out, with a gentle delight The world is hushed, in a peaceful sleep As Christmas magic begins to creep. The tree Stands tall, with lights aglow A symbol of hope, in the harmattan blow The room Is filled, with a warm sweet cheer As loved ones gather, to banish all fear. The night is filled, with a sense of wonder As dreams and magic, begin to thunder For on this Eve of Christmas night Miracles happen, and love shines bright. #poe...
RICH IN GRATITUDE
The first lad scoffed, "Easy for you to say, you're used to having nothing." The third lad smiled, "That's where you're wrong, my friend. I've learned to see beauty in the bare minimum." The second lad chimed in, "But what about when the rains don't come, and the crops wither away?" The third lad's smile never wavered. "Even in the midst of scarcity, there is always something to be grateful for. A roof over our heads, the sun on our faces, the laughter of children." "The first lad shook hi...
GRATITUDE IN SCARCITY
"We haven't had meat in months, only crayfish and onion." The lad without slippers hissed. "Hear who is spoiled," the second lad without a shirt reported to the third. "We haven't had oil in rice, except for salt, sometimes vegetables." He grumbled. The third lad with no slippers, no shirt, but a string of rags barely covering his buttocks, shook his head in amazement and said, "Look at me." "What about you?" the second asked nonchalantly. "Yes, what is it with you, to look at?" the firs...
ETERNITY'S ECHOES
In the depths of time, my moments entwine, with eternity's whispers, an echo divine A resonance that reverberates, beyond life's fleeting breath, A harmony that echoes, in the chambers of death. The memories we crafted, the love we chose to share, The laughter, tears, and moments beyond compare, All echo through eternity, a symphony sublime A celestial music, that transcends the boundaries of time. In this grand tapestry, my moments are a thread, interwoven with yours, in the intricate...
MOMENT
In the fabric of eternity, I'm a thread so fine A moment's pause, a lifetime's divine. I'm the whisper in the wind, the beat of the heart, A fleeting glimpse of beauty, a work of art. Don't let me slip away, like sand between your hands For once I'm gone, I'm lost in the sands of time's demands. Cherish me, hold me close, and make me your own, For in my moments, you'll find the beauty that's been sown. Use me to love, to laugh, to live, and to grow, To create memories that forever will...
TIME
People who don't understand think I'm money, They're unaware and wrongly funny. How can I be that? Which can be stolen, duplicated, and counterfeited. I can never be money. You can't steal me, yet money can be stolen. You can spend me, but can't hoard me. Because I belong to everyone. You can put me in your pocket, And still find me in the arms of another person. Both the rich and the poor have the same quantity of me. Life is too short to waste me. I am LIFE itself. Those who was...
BATTLEFIELD OF THE SOUL
In the depths of my chest, a war rages on, A battle between two foes, forever strong My brain, a fortress of logic and reason's might Clashes with my heart, a flame that burns through the night. The brain, a sceptic, questions every move, weighs the pros and cons, with a calculating groove. It warns of dangers, of risks and of strife, And urges caution, a careful, measured life. But the heart, a rebel, beats to it's own drum, Follows its passion, and lets emotions become. It leaps wit...
Money
Money swore an oath, that no one who did not Love money should have her. #motivation #quotes #Hellonircle #nirclestories #mynirclecommunity
HIDDEN IN PLAIN SIGHT
I took the Sufi's advice, And poured my thoughts onto the page The words flowed like a river, As I hide my demons in a cage. The poem became my sanctuary A place to conceal my deepest fears. The words wove a tapestry of solace As I wrapped my heart in calmer tears. But as I read the poem anew, I realized that my thoughts were still there, Hidden in plain sight, between the lines, Waiting to pounce, like a predator in the air. So I'll keep writing, and hiding, and seeking, A place to...
A PLACE TO HIDE
Where can I hide, These thoughts are so wild, And brazen in appearance? They have caused me grief And invited sorrows uninvited. Yesterday, They brought torment In droves of emotions Emotions that prick consciousness Then leaves it numb like the nerves of a leper. I took them to a bank The manager murmured, "These are no legal tender, We can't keep them here." I took them to a funeral parlour The undertaker cursed me out. "You fool, not here. These things will resurrect." I was l...
THE MIND
The MIND is like a restless monkey hopping from one tree to another. To tame it you have to cut down the trees. _ Lumumba Jatau #quotes #wisewords #neighbor #feed #blog #Hellonircle #nirclestories
I stumbled upon a gathering that was
I stumbled upon a gathering that was celebrating a lady who was about to get wedded. #neighbors #film #nirclestories #Hellonircle #feed
